The Weekly Ringer

The University of Mary Washington Student Newspaper

Life

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Lovers of music received another blow to an already bleeding heart with the death of Whitney Houston. In this year...


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By JAMIA JORDAN Do you ever wake up with no idea of what to wear? Over the last few weeks...


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By ISAAC WHALEN As a general rule, the entertainment for an age-old event should not be older than the event...


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Television viewers can get an eye-full of fake hair, fake breasts, barely-there outfits, and pounds of makeup on any number...


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It wouldn’t be the wildest of accusations to assume you have never heard of Grimes. And for Claire Boucher, the...


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By SARAH KELLY Christine Nolan knows how to get dressed in the morning. This week's profile, a junior majoring in...


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By JAMIA JORDAN On Sunday, Feb. 12, the University of Mary Washington will host its annual Gospelfest, celebrating African-American culture...


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By CHARLOTTE RODINA For me, the Super Bowl is all about food. Yeah, the game will probably be on in...


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Not all musical television dramas are created equal. Comparing NBC’s new show “Smash” to the ever popular “Glee” is like...


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By AMBER FUA If you are into comical caper films, you should take advantage of this weekend's Cheap Seats showing...

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The semester may only have started a couple weeks ago, but the Mary Washington campus is already hosting exciting festivities....


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Remember when Tom Cruise was a superstar who sat down on couches and didn’t worship alien ghosts? Of course not....


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By MADELINE MCDONALD School may be back in session, homework might be piling up already, and your back might be...


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By CHRISTOPHER VELLUCCI This weekend Cheap Seats will be offering two movies for your viewing pleasure: “Footloose” and “50/50.” If...

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BEST PICTURE - "THE ARTIST" If there’s one thing people who like movies love, it’s movies. “The Artist” is a...


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Fact: you cannot maintain a conversation about television today without someone mentioning “Downton Abbey.” From it’s abundant Emmy and Golden...


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When the original “Jurassic Park” was released in 1993, I was still young enough to wonder why actors would sign...


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By AMANDA MCCULLOUGH Taking the stage with a series of James Bond montages, dressed in sunglasses, heels and suits, accapella group...


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By SARAH PARK Think back to your most memorable summer camp experiences. What do you think of? Telling ghost stories...


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My daddy always told me, “Don’t fix what ain’t broke, boy. Also, it should have been you who died.” I...


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By SARAH KELLY It’s hard to go through the holiday season without thinking back on holiday memories of waking to...


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If you have ever wondered what Jason Segel would look like as a Muppet, how Cee Lo Green's hit song,...


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By the end of the 7th Annual Bhangra Beat competition held on Nov. 19, I was tired. Why? Because Bhangra...


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By CAITLIN SHEEHAN I usually don’t have enough money to download an album from iTunes, but the Nov. 15 release...


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J. Edgar is as much a historic tale about J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI and the...


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It’s the end of another year, and for those of you that are top-40 radio listeners, you know that means...